Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?
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Now you intend to degrade the children of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?
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And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
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And now ye purpose to bring the children of Judah and Jerusalem into subjection for bondmen and bondwomen unto you; but are there not even with you acts of guilt of your own against the LORD your God?
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 28:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 25:39-46 “ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave. As a hired servant, and as a temporary resident, he shall be with you; he shall serve with you until the Year of Jubilee. Then he shall go out from you, he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers. For they are my servants, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt. They shall not be sold as slaves. You shall not rule over him with harshness, but shall fear your God. “ ‘As for your male and your female slaves, whom you may have from the nations that are around you, from them you may buy male and female slaves. Moreover, of the children of the aliens who live among you, of them you may buy, and of their families who are with you, which they have conceived in your land; and they will be your property. You may make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession. Of them you may take your slaves forever, but over your brothers the children of Israel you shall not rule, one over another, with harshness.
- Jeremiah 25:29 For, behold, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should you be utterly unpunished? You will not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, says Yahweh of Armies.” ’
- Matthew 7:2-4 For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but don’t consider the beam that is in your own eye? Or how will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
- Romans 12:20-21 Therefore “If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head.” Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
- 1 Peter 4:17-18 For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don’t obey the Good News of God? “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain May not God as well punish you for your…
May not God as well punish you for your sins as he hath done these men for theirs, seeing yours are greater?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under…
2Ch 28:10 And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: [but are there] not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God?
Ver. 10. But are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord?] At the loss of Calais, when a proud Frenchman asked an English captain, When will you fetch Calais again? he gravely answered, When your sins shall weigh down ours.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Which, if not repented of, may bring down the…
Which, if not repented of, may bring down the like vengeance upon your own heads.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now ye purpose to keep under the children…
And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you,.... As seemed by taking and bringing captive such a number of them, contrary to the law, Lev 25:39.
but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? for which they deserved to be chastised as well as their brethren the men of Judah, and might expect it, and especially if they used them in a barbarous manner, and contrary to the will of God.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To keep under - It ill becomes sinners to…
To keep under - It ill becomes sinners to be cruel. Shew mercy to them, for you are undone, unless God shew you mercy.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 28:10. Ye purpose to keep the children of…
2Ch 28:10. Ye purpose to keep the children of Judah for bond-men and bond-women — To use them, or sell them as slaves, though they are your brethren, and free-born Israelites. God takes notice of what men purpose, as well as of what they say and do. But are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? — Which, if not repented of, may bring down the divine vengeance upon your own heads. He appeals to their own consciences, and to the notorious evidence of the fact. As if he had said, It ill becomes sinners to be cruel. Show mercy to them, for you are undone if God do not show mercy to you.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Are there not with you ... sins against the…
Are there not with you ... sins against the Lord? - The ten tribes had fallen away from the true faith far more completely and more hopelessly than the two. It was not for them to press hard against their erring brothers, and aggravate their punishment.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain God, who forbids this, Lev. xxv. 43., and Micheas…
God, who forbids this, Lev. xxv. 43., and Micheas ii. 8, 9. Heb. "are there not with you, yea, with you, sins against?" &c. If Juda have deserved punishment, reflect if you also be not guilty, v. 13. Sept. "Behold, am I not here with you to bear witness to the Lord?"
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. keep under] In Neh_5:5, the same Heb. word…
10. keep under] In Neh_5:5, the same Heb. word is translated, “bring into bondage”; cp. Ryle’s note on Hebrew slavery in loco. One Hebrew might hold another Hebrew as a slave for a limited period, but in the present passage the case is of one part of the people taking advantage of the fortune of war to reduce to slavery thousands of their fellow-countrymen.
with you, even with you, sins] R.V. even with you trespasses (“guiltinesses” Heb., cp. 2Ch_24:18) of your own.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (10) Ye purpose.—Literally, Ye are saying or proposing (2ch.…
(10) Ye purpose.—Literally, Ye are saying or proposing (2ch. 1:18).
To keep under.—Subdue, or reduce to bondmen, Gen_1:28 (kabash).
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Unto you.—Yourselves.
But are there not with you.—An abrupt question: Are there no trespasses at all with you yourselves? i.e., “Are you yourselves wholly guiltless, that your indignation was so hot against your brethren? (Gen_20:11). Or, “Are there no trespasses with you only?” . . . Are you the only guiltless people, so that you are justified in these severities?” (Job_1:15). The reference in either case may be to the calves of Bethel and Dan.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For bondmen and bondwomen unto you. The denunciation Deu_28:68…
For bondmen and bondwomen unto you. The denunciation Deu_28:68 may be instructively compared with the emphatic prohibition of Lev_25:46. The moral thread of ordinance that runs everywhere through the divinely established economy of the Old Testament Judaism should be devoutly observed. The verse, in the position of its words, furnishes an example of almost classical pattern: And now persons who are children of Judah and Jerusalem, ye are resolving within yourselves (literally, saying) to subdue into bondmen and bondwomen for yourselves.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain But are there not with you, even with you,…
2Ch_28:10
But are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God?
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A home question
This question is pertinent to--
1. Nations.
2. Sects.
3. Classes.
4. Individuals. I shall--
I. Put a home question to--
1. The moralist.
2. The accuser of the brethren.
3. The outwardly religious.
4. Those who make no profession of religion.
5. Other classes I may have omitted. Are there not with you, sins against the Lord your God?
II. Put a common-sense question: Who are you that you think to escape the punishment of sin?
III. Give a little advice.
1. Leave other people alone with regard to finding fault.
2. Treat yourselves as you have been accustomed to treat others.
3. Look to the eternal interests of your own souls. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
Home sins
An object may be placed in such close proximity to the eye as to escape all distinct perception. It may be brought into such near contact with the organs of vision as to become wholly invisible. Analogous to this natural difficulty of a close self-inspection is the general inability or indisposition of men to form a correct estimate of their own moral and spiritual character. Consider--
I. Some of our distinguishing privileges and advantages.
II. The solemn and awful question, as it relates--
1. To public, national, legalised transgressions.
(1) Want of deference to Gods supreme authority.
(2) Sabbath profanation, its diversion from its appropriate objects upon a gigantic scale, as exemplified on our railways, in our public-houses, and in various departments of industrial occupation.
2. To social and individual sins.
(1) Drunkenness.
(2) Impurity.
(3) Blasphemy and profaneness.
(4) Covetousness, intense and unscrupulous competition of interests.
(5) Vague scepticism and decided infidelity. (J. Davies, D. D.)
A home sin
At a meeting of the Mission to Foreigners in London, Lord Shaftesbury said he remembered taking tea with a notorious German Socialist who propounded the most destructive theories about society. His lordship mentioned to this German a nobleman who was one of the richest men in the world. The Socialist boiled over with indignation, and said that the possession of such wealth was a degradation and a scandalous robbery. Perceiving that he wore a brilliant diamond breast-pin in his shirt-front, probably worth £50, his lordship said to him, You have a diamond, I see; now if you will accompany me to-night to my ragged school, I will show you ragged, shoeless children, and if I were to say, Here is a diamond worth £50 that this gentleman wears in his shirt, they too might boil over with indignation, and declare it was iniquitous, scandalous, and a crime. He replied, Well, my lord, you have me this time.
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